reports say in california restaurants are taking corn off the menu and may soon serve smaller cuts of steak. popular chicken wing chain buffalo wild wings plans to pluck more from consumers by boosting menu prices 4%. gold miners in south africa have struck deeper into conflict. unions and top gold producers have failed in the latest attempt to reach a contract agreement. strikes reached a breaking point in august when police opened fire on protestors, killing 34 workers. currently there are no plans for further talks between unions and mining operations. the halt in production has affected the gold and plantinum markets. later this week nearly 200,000 government workers in the region also plan to strike over low wages. some musical notes now from microsoft. after its digital zune music player flopped, the tech company is offering music on its xbox 360 game consoles starting today. october 26th microsoft will offer music streaming on computers, tablets and smartphones that have windows 8 software. initially the music will be free. japanese telecomm company softbank is snapping up spri